The armies of Alexander the Great and his enemies. Covers the Spanish Reconquista in the 10th-13th centuries. Covers the British Isles, France and Scandinavia in the Dark Ages. Covers Roman and Barbarian armies of the 4th-5th centuries. Covers armies of the ancient civilisations in the Near East, and Trojan War. Many of the lists have been superseded by later supplements. Released soon after the rulebook, this was intended to help players get started, by providing a large number of basic summary army lists. A range of supplementary books has been released to provide more army lists, each focusing on a particular period and place. The core rulebook includes army lists for "Early Imperial Roman" and "Barbarian" armies.
Warhammer Ancient Battles is still in its first edition, but modifications to the core rules have been included in some of the more recent supplements.įollowing the success of Warhammer Ancient Battles Warhammer Historical branched out into other areas: The two games have developed in different directions since. The game rules were heavily based on the fifth edition of Warhammer, with magic dropped and more detail added for ancient weapons and formations. Perhaps because of its well-known predecessor, Warhammer Ancient Battles proved popular among wargamers, and Games Workshop eventually brought the project back in-house, with Rob Broom running the " Warhammer Historical" department and promoting an increasing range of books. This led to them developing Warhammer Ancient Battles as a spare-time project, and it was published under the name "Warhammer Historical Wargames".
Several of Games Workshop's staff had begun experimenting with using Warhammer rules to play historical games before Warhammer Ancient Battles was written, and Wargames Illustrated magazine included some articles they had written on the subject. Large numbers of dice are rolled together at once to resolve combat, but using appropriate tactics makes a big difference towards winning the game. The game is played on a table laid out with model scenery to look like a battlefield, on which the regiments of miniatures are maneuvered. Players collect armies of miniatures, which are produced by a number of manufacturers. Games of Warhammer Ancient Battles replicate battles between armies of history.
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